CD4 COUNT in AIDS & Opportunistic infections

PGMEEnotes:-- CD4 COUNT in AIDS & Opportunistic infections

1200 - 700 == normal healthy adults

<500/cmm>Tuberculosis(PTB), Oral or vaginal thrush ,Herpes zoster, Herpes simplex virus, Non-Hodgkins lymphoma

<300/cmm>Thrush (candidal infec.) & Oral Hairy leucoplakia,

250 ==

<250/cmm==Start Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) (> 1,00,00 RNA HIV copies) –in india

<200/cmm>Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis, pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, Candida esophagitis

150 ==

<100/cmm>Toxoplasmic encephalitis & CHORIORETINITIS, Cryptococcal meningitis, AIDS dementia, Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy(JC virus), Wasting syndrome -- extreme weight loss and anorexia caused by HIV

50 ==

<50 color="=">CMV Retinitis, Mycobacterium avium(MAC)